The Shadow
Hero
I'm cool with your reason for the Doc and Mac knowing each other, Quickleaf.
And I agree that Colin probably guided him in Africa. (How long ago, though? Didn't Colin leave Africa at age 18? Or just South Africa?)
I don't know if he and Hawkeye know each other yet or not, but doubtless the Doc is looking to hire a pilot to get to a little-known island chain to do research. Possibly they've done business together before, possibly even through Mac.
I have no idea if he and Haarland have met. About they only thing they have in common is nationality. Still, anything is possible, and unlikely coincidences are part of the genre.
Why Doc Raven is in Shanghai: Why is he anywhere? To do research, of course, and maybe picking up some public-speaking appearances to pay the bills. I figure he's been going to and fro Southeast Asia (and up and down in it) lately, and has worked his way back up to Shanghai, hoping to follow up a lead of some kind in some little-known islands.
Trilobite, if you want that lead to be something related to the adventure, go for it; just let me know. Or possibly he was invited up to Shanghai to give a talk - which can be either genuine, or a fake intended as a trap. Since Shanghai is a great place to hire a charter plane, he readily agreed.
He finds the war stuff to be unutterably boring and inconvenient - a distraction from the important things in life.
And I agree that Colin probably guided him in Africa. (How long ago, though? Didn't Colin leave Africa at age 18? Or just South Africa?)
I don't know if he and Hawkeye know each other yet or not, but doubtless the Doc is looking to hire a pilot to get to a little-known island chain to do research. Possibly they've done business together before, possibly even through Mac.
I have no idea if he and Haarland have met. About they only thing they have in common is nationality. Still, anything is possible, and unlikely coincidences are part of the genre.
Why Doc Raven is in Shanghai: Why is he anywhere? To do research, of course, and maybe picking up some public-speaking appearances to pay the bills. I figure he's been going to and fro Southeast Asia (and up and down in it) lately, and has worked his way back up to Shanghai, hoping to follow up a lead of some kind in some little-known islands.
Trilobite, if you want that lead to be something related to the adventure, go for it; just let me know. Or possibly he was invited up to Shanghai to give a talk - which can be either genuine, or a fake intended as a trap. Since Shanghai is a great place to hire a charter plane, he readily agreed.
He finds the war stuff to be unutterably boring and inconvenient - a distraction from the important things in life.
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